Automatic attachment for eaves-trough cut-offs.



PATBNTED 001?. 6.. 190's.

'0. B. HUN-T. AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT 50R EAVBS TROUGH GUT-OFFS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1903.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES iatented October 6, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

OLIN ELMER HUNT, OF EUREKA, KANSAS.

SZEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,436, dated October1903- Application filed July 10, 1903. Serial No. 164,978. (No model.)-

the following to be a full, clear, and exactde scription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains -to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvementsin automaticeaves-trough cut;

offs; and it consists in the provision of means whereby a Weightedmember is connected to a tripping mechanism whereby when a certainamount of water has fallen in a bucket comprising the weighted memberthe tripping mechanism may be actuated to release a spring-actuatedcut-off which will cut off the supply leading to the bucket and opencommunication to a duct'in the trough, whereby water may pass to anysuitable location.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-Figure l. is a side elevation of my improved apparatus shown as appliedto an eavestrough. Fig. 2 is a sectional view'showing the cut-elfmechanism and the manner of op erating the same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a frame which is adapted for attachment to the side of ahouse, being bolted or otherwise secured thereto, and hashorizontally-projecting arms A, and B designates a rod which has a hookB at its lower end, and the shank portion of said rod B passes throughan aperture in one of said horizontally-extended arm's A, and a wingednut G is mounted upon the threaded portion of said rod, whereby thelatter may be raised and lowered. A spring D is connected at one end tothe hooked portion of said rod, and its other end is fastened to a rodE, which passes through an aperture in the lower horizontally-disposedarm A of said frame and has a hook E at its lower end, adapted to engagethe bail of a bucket F. A hoop H surrounds said bucket and holds thesame underneath the spout K of the eavestrough. A bracket-arm N extendsdownward from an arm N of theframe and carries a pin N on whichis-pivotally mounted a lever B, which is normally held in the positionshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings when the bucket is empty by means of apin e.

S designates a down-spout from which the pipe K branches, and T is avalve pivotally mounted upon a pin T, and an arm N is connected to saidpin, as shown in Fig. 1. A spring 0 is connected at one end to said armN, and its other endis connected to an eye Q on one end of the lever B,while a second spring J is fastened at one end to an eye J, and itsother end is fastened to an eye carried by the arm N. Said valve, aswill be seen in Fig. 2, is double to control the two apertures W andVV', the former communicatin g through the down-spout,while the otheropens through the partition leading into the branching pipe K. V v Theoperation ofothe apparatus is as follows: Supposing the valve inthe mainportion of the down-spout to be closed, water coming down will passthrough the branch-' ing pipe, and as the bucket becomes filled theweight of the same will pull down on the rod E and the spring J willcause the valve T to tilt upon its pivot-pin, closing the aperture W andopening the passage-way which leads through the down-spout proper. Thevalves will be held so as to close the passage-way in the branching pipeuntil the weight is relieved from the rod E, after which the rodE willreturn to its starting position and with it the lever B, thus reversingthe valve.

of said lover, a second spring fixed at one end to a stationary objectand its other end connected to an arm of the valve, and a pin carried bysaid rod and adapted to engage 15 the under face of said lever, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

OLIN ELMER HUNT. Witnesses:

GEORGE MANSFIELD,

I l BESS B. WRENCH.

